These are the kinds of weird pregnancy cravings I am used to hearing about. Kate Marsh Lord blogged about her craving for Starbucks decaf every morning for the whole of her first trimester. Okay, that’s a bit strange – but since I can not survive without coffee, I can relate.

Me? I craved danishes. That’s not strange – that’s just smart.

But, Alison Brierley, a professional taxidermist in Britain craves roadkill. ‘It’s more gamey than other meat and I love the taste,” says Brierley in an article in The Daily Mail.

Not only does the taste fufill her second-trimester cravings, but she also feels it is more ethical. In fact, that is the reason she went public with her unusual cravings. “I also don’t have to feel guilty about eating it because I know it’s had a completely free range and natural life.”

“Some people are so blasé about picking their food off a supermarket shelf without giving a thought to how it lived or how it was killed.”

That may be true, but probably only because we never suspected that it might be roadkill. If we did, I guarantee we’d be paying a lot more attention.

Is this the weirdest pregnancy craving you have ever heard of? Or, can you top it?

137 Responses to Weirdest pregnancy craving ever?

I ate pickle wedges and bananas for breakfast one morning. Coupled with extreme morning sickness, I was soon hugging the toilet crying to DH that it “was the worst idea ever…”

Also, I hadn’t eaten red meat for nearly six years when all of a sudden all I wanted was a Jr Bacon Cheeseburger from Wendy’s with ketchup. I had four in one week, and I’m still eating them now that DS is 3 months old. Not a weird craving for some people, but it was SO weird for me!

Stacie Lewissays:

November 8, 2011 at 3:40 pm

hahaha. Pickles and bananas were always coming back up.

Momof4says:

November 8, 2011 at 1:18 pm

Nope can’t top that.

I ate about 6 Lbs of carrots in a week with my first
Craved peanut brittle with bean dip for one
Strawberries and cream oatmeal spread on a Bagel (I still eat this)
And Shrimp (this was the hardest, I hate shrimp, Especially the texture, had to swallow it whole to get it down…hubby LOVES shrimp so he was laughing the whole time knowing it was HIS SEED doing this to me….)

Jenasays:

November 8, 2011 at 1:55 pm

Ketchup on white bread, plain yogurt with cashews, and tea bags..I would suck on them until they lost their flavor…

pvsays:

November 8, 2011 at 2:02 pm

I don’t have any weird cravings (thankfully), but my co-worker said her sister craved cigarettes. Not to smoke — she wanted to eat them.

I’ve heard you can eat roadkill as long as it was struck in the head and not the gut. But it doesn’t sound like that’s what she’s talking about…My cravings weren’t quite that bizarre. In my first trimester I wanted pastrami and pickled jalapenos all day every day. Now I’m 36 weeks and I just want carbs–bread, pancakes, muffins, doughnuts, granola bars…I’m also craving a nice dark stout like nobody’s business.

Stacie Lewissays:

November 8, 2011 at 3:38 pm

On the plus side, I hear dark stout is good for breastfeeding. So not long now until you can drink it for the health of your baby

Alisays:

November 8, 2011 at 2:22 pm

I craved Eggplant Parmesan from the Olive Garden. I have no idea why, I don’t think I’ve eaten it since college (at least 7 years ago), but I had to have it…its not even that good!

Cherrysays:

November 8, 2011 at 2:22 pm

My weirdest craving was canned string beans, (generic store brand only) and Aquafina water (only). I would carry cans of beans with me everywhere I went and would eat them straight from the can if there was no stove or microwave around. I can not eat any canned anything now. My son is six and it was the only vegetable I could get him to eat for a while.

Jenny Atkinsonsays:

November 8, 2011 at 2:53 pm

Ew!! I definitely can’t top that! My cravings have been pretty tame so far – fruit cups (which I never usually eat), and lots of potatoes.

Jennasays:

November 8, 2011 at 3:29 pm

I craved “secret ingredient soup” with one of my pregnancies – you know, the soup from the movie Kung Fu Panda. Ya. I craved pretend cartoon food. I don’t think that tops roadkill, though.

Stacie Lewissays:

November 8, 2011 at 3:35 pm

hahaha! That is funny. Okay, you win!

heathersays:

November 8, 2011 at 3:39 pm

i was craving red meat…like a whooper for breakfast and tacos … now i am having issues if i see it raw i cant eat it cooked.. however sour punch kids are not safe around me… i can eat them by the box

mrsmalonesays:

November 8, 2011 at 4:19 pm

During my pregnancy with my daughter I craved watermelon and trix cereal. I had to have it everyday. I ate watermelon two or three time a day and I had to have a box of trix with me at all times

Otter Pops. And much to my husband’s chagrin, the Popsicles were not a good substitute… because I could taste the wooden stick

ISEsays:

November 8, 2011 at 5:31 pm

OATMEAL! For breakfast, lunch and dinner. Snack time? OATMEAL!! My boss even joked for one of our meetings that someone bring a huge tub of oatmeal for me! And my 1-year old LOVES oatmeal!!

Lotsokidssays:

November 8, 2011 at 6:48 pm

I crave dirt

and (for me this is weird) hamburgers. I’m a vegetarian. I also craved watermelon, which also is weird for me because watermelon is disgusting.

This time around I’m craving carrots and rice… stuff like that. Nothing too weird yet.

grannjansays:

November 8, 2011 at 7:45 pm

The craving of unusual items (during pregnancy and other times as well) is called PICA. It is often related to an IRON DEFICIENCY. Often the craving is for ICE, but it may include other weird things such as CLAY (dirt). Check and make sure you’re getting enough iron in your diet (or in vitamins) because a deficiency is not good for you or your baby and can result in not being able to get an epidural during labor!

With my son I craved subways spicy italian sandwiches and their fountain coke, it had to only be subways coke, it was the best!! With my daughter it was cheeseburgers and tons of pickles!! With this pregnancy, I’m craving captain crunch oops all berries!!

I wanted to eat Ajax and pine sol. The green Swedish fish taste like pine sol smells and tums cured the chalky texture I wanted from the Ajax.
I had a terrible meat aversion. But I ate Taco Bell bean and cheese burritos with extra onions almost daily with a Sonic route 44 Cranberry limeade.

Pretzels dipped in rainbow sherbet sounded the like the best idea ever; I woke one morning wishing for a Chicago-style hotdog, not my usual fare. But, once I was beyond the first trimester, no more odd cravings.

BebeAfrique2011says:

November 9, 2011 at 1:19 am

Initally I craved barbecued lamb meat (I lived in Senegal at the time). When I returned to the states, I craved chicken patty melts with extra crispy hashbrowns on the sandwich and TONS of onions. Now I like the taste of Kleenex. I can stuff about 5-9 pieces of tissue in my mouth and suck on it before the tissue gets soggy.

chrissays:

November 9, 2011 at 2:37 am

am 24 weeks pregnant and u wont believe it i crave for charcoal and i eat this before bed and taking breakfast

Kiarra'smommysays:

November 9, 2011 at 3:14 am

Apples dipped in dill dip is all I crave everyday…im eating it now

Kiarra'smommysays:

November 9, 2011 at 3:22 am

Oh and spinach dip and dorritos awwwwwwwwww yuuuuuumm. I ate the whole jar and chips n a day.

Amandasays:

November 9, 2011 at 7:24 am

I craved pineapple, EVERY day. My BFF craved DIRT when she was pregnant. She didn’t actually eat any, but she went a little crazy every time she walked past a potted plant.

Ronisays:

November 9, 2011 at 7:27 am

I wouldn’t say it is weird but I craved zucchini… I never liked it before. I would sit thinking and drooling about it all day, until I got some at dinner. It was strange, but now I love zucchini.

Kristen sherersays:

November 9, 2011 at 7:27 am

Someone I know craved clay. Ugh so weird

kanekasays:

November 9, 2011 at 7:31 am

Wen I was pregnant I ate McDonald’s big Mac meal everyday no joke always got a large at that ate 3 times a day lol weird thing is I hate McDonald’s lol

I ate millions of cherry tomatoes when i had morning sickness. They were one of the few things I could keep down. After I was over that, it was spaghetti with italian sausage. Like every day almost. My husband was SO TIRED of spaghetti.

I could eat mashed potatoes every meal every day. I was doing so good with watching what I ate and started to exercise regularly and loose some weight before I got pregnant this time (my 3rd), but now all I want is carbs, meat and Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi. Oh, and beef jerky has been calling my name for about a month now, but I’ve put that one off so far!

Debrasays:

November 9, 2011 at 7:36 am

First baby (girl) I craved frozen cokes or slurpees and soft pretzels. Second baby (boy) I craved ice cream and red meat (not together though, that would be one heck of an interesting craving I suppose). Third baby (girl) started out craving ice cream, but now crave chocolate Malt o meal?????

Xannie and Kourtnee's Momsays:

November 9, 2011 at 7:37 am

I crave “Japanese, cooked rolls (sushi rolls),” baked and fried chicken, and beer (unfortunately). Why do women crave beer during pregnancy????? My husband loves beer, so maybe this is why I am experiencing this…Does this mean my child would love beer later on in years????

Rominasays:

November 9, 2011 at 7:38 am

Well that’s new… Road kill huh?.. I am by all means very conflicted about this one… Can’t seem to like or dislike the though. I do make sure I buy humanly farm raised products no hormones nor pesticides.
So I can relate to the feeling of a more natural lifestyle… I just don’t think I can fully go with it… Just the fact that you have to hit it with your car and then take it home to clean it will probably take all desired to eat it afterwords.

Latest craving can of light tuna, rice and mayo mix it all in and OMG…

Tracysays:

November 9, 2011 at 7:39 am

Wow…I never knew women had such strange cravings!! With both of my pregnancies I craved chocolate milk all the time (this is strange for me as I am not a big milk drinker to begin with) and pickles. Also, with my first pregnancy I craved strawberries!! I would go to the cafe at our local grocery store during my lunch break and hit up the salad bar, but instead of a salad I would fill the container with nothing but strawberries, and then I would go next door to get a strawberry smoothie, and that was my lunch! But while I had cravings, I also developed an aversion to salsa in a jar. Yep, I specified in a jar. I could go to a Mexican restaurant and eat the salsa that was on the table just fine, but if I had to open a jar of salsa at home, or even be in the same room with the open jar, I would get so incredibly nauseous. I also developed an aversion to any type of water that wasn’t bottled. I couldn’t drink our tap water or water filtered through the fridge at all…it tasted too much like metal to me. I never had a problem drinking it before, but I haven’t been able to drink it since. So, unfortunately, it’s all bottled water for me.

Karensays:

November 9, 2011 at 7:39 am

I cant eat any meat that i cook, if i see or smell it raw, forget it, it makes me gag, even when cooked. but LOVE any carbs i can get. which is bad because from Jan until June i was on a no carb diet, alog with my strength training work out. Probably why i crave them so bad; oh well theres always next year to be skinny With DD i couldnt get enough Moose tracks ice cream and with DS it was anything mint. I still love mint food which i never did before that preg.

sarasays:

November 9, 2011 at 7:40 am

I wanted potatoes all the time, breakfast lunch and dinner. But would on occasion crave pickles and chocolate pudding. Sometimes cheezits with chocolate pudding. Roadkill is a little beyond my comprehension!

Shannonsays:

November 9, 2011 at 7:40 am

In the 1st trimester all I wanted was orange juice and PB & J! I would drink at least a gallon of OJ everyday! In the middle of my pregnancy I wanted cottage cheese with peanuts on top! Towards the end of my pregnancy all I wanted to do was drink a beer and smoke a cigarette! Its so crazy because I don’t drink and don’t smoke!

Buffythevampslayersays:

November 9, 2011 at 7:40 am

Nope can’t top that but I did crave hot sauce with my imitation crab meat and peanut butter with my imitation crab meat

joannasays:

November 9, 2011 at 7:40 am

Green grapes… That’s it for me… The weirdness was what I don’t like now… Rice, and bread… I used to love rice and sandwiches is my fav… I still eat bread just prepare myself for some violent later

Mercedessays:

November 9, 2011 at 7:41 am

i craved chili cheese fries from rally’s in my first trimester but now that i am breastfeeding i crave things like crazy i want something new every night and i feel like i have to have it mostly fast foods blah!!!

Moniquesays:

November 9, 2011 at 7:41 am

I’m almost into my second trimester and as far as weird cravings go well it may not sound weird but it blew my fiance away. I wanted grape gum. first of all i dont like anything flavored grape…..so that blew him away. then i had a mad craving for pizza i ate pizza everyday for like a week. I also have to eat watermelon like all day i bought one of those personal watermelons yesterday and my fiance got like a slice off it….i ate the rest haha

Catharinesays:

November 9, 2011 at 7:46 am

Not too crazy but I craved BLTs when I was pregnant with my daughter. I think I ate more of them during the 9 mos that I was pregnant than during all my 33 years before pregnancy. There was just something about the bacon & tomato combination especially that I had to have.

The only craving I really had was Fruit Loops cereal. I had like 3 bowls of it every day.

Stacie Lewissays:

November 9, 2011 at 8:42 am

Oh Fruit Loops. I think I’m getting a craving now and I’m not even pregnant.

jessicasays:

November 9, 2011 at 7:48 am

I hated meat growing up and could only stomach some hams, but nothing else. With my first pregnancy I couldn’t get enough meat of all kinds…I also ate deer meat (not roadkill deer). With my next two hot spicy salsa and peaches. With my last everyday I had to have a Sonic Vanilla Coke with extra vanilla. Before that I rarely drank pop and when I did it was usually sprite. After my last was born I have only order one Vanilla Coke to realize it was no longer my thing. I still eat meats but I can go long periods without it with out feeling a craving for it.

Asheleysays:

November 9, 2011 at 7:51 am

lol these are cracking me up! It’s weird for me, probably not for others, but i crave cheese burgers and fries. And not like a nice homemade one eIther; wendy’s, burger king, McD’s you name it! Ugh I’m disgusted with myself lol. I also go through a bag of apples every week, and ate a whole box of honey bunches of oats with almonds yesterday.

Arielsays:

November 9, 2011 at 7:51 am

with my daughter i craved orange juice and pickles, i think i ate a jar of pickles every 2 days

Laurasays:

November 9, 2011 at 7:52 am

I craved french fries, every night, at about 11pm, all through my first trimester.

I made it through most of my pregnancy without anything too crazy, but by the end I found myself wanting to cut up cheddar cheese into cubes and mix it into chocolate pudding. That’s when I knew it was time for baby to make his appearance!

Sarahsays:

November 9, 2011 at 7:54 am

I do not crave roadkill, although I have been eating a lot of deer steak. I crave whole grain spaghetti, cooked, with ketchup n cream chz mixed into it…tastes so good.

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